Suppose it should turn out that no such person as Christ ever lived. What harm would that do justice or mercy? Wouldn't the tear of pity be as pure as now, and wouldn't justice, holding aloft her scales, from which she blows even the dust of prejudice, be as noble, as admirable as now? Is it not better to love justice and mercy than to love a name, and when you put a name above justice, above mercy, are you sure that you are benefiting your fellowmen?

~ Robert G. Ingersoll

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First, however, I must deal with the matter of Jesus, the so-called savior, who not long ago taught new doctrines and was thought to be a son of God. This savior, I shall attempt to show, deceived many and caused them to accept a form of belief harmful to the well-being of mankind. Taking its root in the lower classes, the religion continues to spread among the vulgar: nay, one can even say it spreads because of its vulgarity and the illiteracy of its adherents. And while there are a few moderate, reasonable, and intelligent people who interpret its beliefs allegorically, yet it thrives in its purer form among the ignorant.

~ Celsus

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The denial of truth does not harm the Truth, it only harms that which denies the Truth.

~ Criss Jami

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Perhaps the most tragic way that self-deception harms us is that we start believing our lies and we teach them to others.

~ Cortney S. Warren

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THE TRUTH OF THE VERY SMALLWhen he is born, a baby's head is filled with the knowledge of space. The circumference of his skull is as infinite as the twirlings of the universe. His eyes look out with the blur of eyes which see for all species. He has remembered his own nature from past patterns. Now his heart beats through rock, sky, oceans. He feels the silence and the sound all around the world beneath his skin.We all hold somewhere deep within us the truth we accepted in innocence. The seas, the forests, the soil, the atmosphere, are all vital parts of an ongoing system. By harming any part of it we must ultimately harm ourselves. It is that simple.

~ Jay Woodman

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When they know what makes you cry, they know what hurts you most. Don't give your enemies that. Solin, character in The Guardian by Sherrilyn Kenyon

~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

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No one can take away your Natural Rights, but they can do great damage making you think they can.

~ J.s.b. Morse

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Harming one’s unalienable rights in order to serve justice is injustice.

~ J.s.b. Morse

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Smart radiation researchers use radiation resistance health techniques in order to offset the known biological harm of their toxic radiation exposures.

~ Steven Magee

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A pleasurable woman could cause more harm than miserable one.

~ Santosh Kalwar

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5 rules to live a happier life: 1) Love yourself. 2) Do good. 3) Always forgive. 4) Harm no one. 5) Be positive.

~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

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Hurt is a bruise on the outside. Harm is a bruise on the inside.

~ Tiffany Reisz

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No one loathed her more than she and thus none could truly harm her.

~ Michael R. Fletcher

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Incessant smiling is one of the deadly tools used by someone whose intent is to make others cry.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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I don't want anything to happen to you. You being hurt...that thought fills me with dread. I can't promise not to interfere, not if I think you'll come to harm. He pauses and takes a deep breath. I love you, Anastasia. I will do everything in my power to protect you. I cann't imagine my life without you.

~ E.l. James

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Hurt but do not harm?” Zach asked. “What’s the difference?” “Hurt is a bruise on the outside.” Nora sipped her mineral water delicately. “Harm is a bruise on the inside. If you’re a masochist, pain feels like love to you. Not being hurt is what hurts.

~ Tiffany Reisz

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Then, one sunny September morning, the illusion of a personal God that I tried so hard to believe in, exploded over the skies of Manhattan. Even as the ashes and ruin of this horrific act of blind faith settled over New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, I watched people across the country scrambling to that same irrational altar for their answers. In the fierce storm of emotion that rolled across this country, one realization rose to the surface of my mind with blinding clarity: certainly this mechanism of unassailable blind faith is one of the greatest risks mankind faces today.

~ Nathan Phelps

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The ‘gods’ that do us the greatest harm are the gods we deny having.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the extent of its destructive toll is already greater than that of any war, plague, famine, or natural calamity on record - and its potential damage to the quality of human life and the fabric of civilized society is beyond calculation. For that reason this sickness of the soul might well be called the 'Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.' Its more conventional name, of course, is dehumanization.

~ Ashley Montagu

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In the beginning, I only wanted to know, love, and serve God and understand the Bible. What harm could that possibly bring?

~ Charlene L. Edge

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An infinity of these tiny animals defoliate our plants, our trees, our fruits... they attack our houses, our fabrics, our furniture, our clothing, our furs ... He who in studying all the different species of insects that are injurious to us, would seek means of preventing them from harming us, would seek to cause them to perish, proposes for his goal important tasks indeed.

~ René-Antoine Ferchault De Réaumur

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The more we lie to ourselves about how we are contributing to our problems, the more harm we will cause to ourselves and our relationships because we will blame others for undesirable aspects of our lives instead of taking responsibility for our role.

~ Cortney S. Warren

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You will meet many people who try to harm you, pull you down or back stab you. Don’t worry! They can’t really succeed unless you allow them to. Fill your aura with so much love and energy that that it will disallow any efforts to harm you!

~ Neelam Saxena Chandra

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I have no fear of ghosts, and I have never heard it said that so much harm had been done by the dead during 6,000 years as it brought by the living in a single day.

~ Alexandre Dumas

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If they endangered us, they also saved us from danger. If they harmed us, we have harmed them.

~ Nick O'donohoe

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It is a dangerous position to be in when you can't see, can't hear and won't listen...

~ Stella Payton

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Boasting about badness without actively involving in badness is mere madness.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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Despite what appears to be a low risk of addiction in naïve, chronic pain patients, it is reasonable to ask how much harm is actually done to patients with chronic pain by withholding opiate analgesics.

~ Howard L. Fields

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If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

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Certain actions bring harm, other more wizened actions bring harmony.

~ Mango Wodzak

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Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Why do you care what happens to her? I thought we humans were vapors to you, here today and gone tomorrow.”“Caspida is . . . different. She reminds me of someone, someone I’d give my life for if I could.”“The queen?” he asks. “The one who died?”“Roshana. My dear Ro.” My voice is soft as a ripple on the water. “She once ruled the Amulens, and Caspida is her descendant. She has Roshana’s strength of spirit, and I cannot look at her without thinking of my old friend. If she were to come to harm on my account . . . I could not bear that through the centuries.” I already carry a mountain of shame, a constant reminder of that day on Mount Tissia.Aladdin lifts a hand and brushes the hair back from my face. “You truly are remarkable, Zahra of the Lamp.

~ Jessica Khoury

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Biological harm from electromagnetic interference (EMI) is the dirty secret of the electrical, electronics and wireless radio frequency (RF) radiation industries.

~ Steven Magee

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4.38 TONE OF SPEECHMost of the problems of life that be,Are caused by the tone of speech only,It is never what is said in reality,But how it’s said that causes harm truly.[221] – 4

~ Munindra Misra

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Be yourself!What harm can it do?

~ Anthony T Hincks

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A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

~ Elizabeth I

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Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It's about doing more good.

~ Jochen Zeitz

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The smuggling and distribution of misbranded drugs and medical devices of uncertain foreign origin has the potential for serious harm to patients.

~ Dana Boente

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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

~ Victor Hugo

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Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.

~ Sylvia Plath

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